Pumpkin-glazed Pumpkin Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup cooked and mashed pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 1/4 cups unsifted powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons soft butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 3 tablespoons mashed pumpkin

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar. beat in eggs and pumpkin until light and fluffy. stir in vanilla.
• 2 measure flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice and ginger and mix in bowl. stir into creamed mixture to make a rather soft cookie dough. stir in nuts.
• 3 spoon out onto greased cookie sheets, about 2-inches apart in rounded teaspoonfuls.
• 4 bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes.
• 5 remove while hot onto rack.
• 6 cool slightly. spoon glaze over while cookies are still warm.
• 7 spicy pumpkin glaze: stir together powdered sugar, butter, cinnamon, and allspice. blend in pumpkin to make a smooth glaze.